Penelope is the STAR of the week!

I was really proud of her... she is so adorable up in front of her class... Penelope speaks quietly but firmly and when her friends commented on her drawings and collection of items on her star, she would thank each one of them... "I like your drawing." "thank you".... so sweetly. I am glad I was able to see her!!

Now you can too.

You can click on any picture for a larger image. If you do, you'll be able to see her medal for the science fair, the pictures of her sister in Dumbo ears, the picture of her auntie and her dog, the photograph of her with her best friend Iris, the picture she drew of herself with her friends, and her LifeSkill award for Caring. That's my girl.


She wrote that she loved her family, did not like spiders, bees, or peanut butter, liked animals, and wanted to be a photographer. Hooray!


We have three computers in our house... two large and one little laptop. Guess who gets the laptop?


The glasses Millie chose....(little diva)


The glasses Penelope wanted to buy....(little goober)

Penelope's Birthday wish list

Ok so, people keep asking me what they should get for Penelope for her birthday. Her answer is always sort of a random, "mermaids, fairies, dalmations, and webkins..." Actually Webkinz is usually first on the list... So today we went to Target and looked around, and did a little photo safari on things she liked. I told her this was just a wish list, not a for-sure list... but it was fun anyway!! So below you will find some suggestions if you are stuck for what to get your favorite seven year old...This is only a wish list, only for fun, so please no obligation at all. But if you are stuck, here is something to help you out...

First of all, she does like Webkinz... she liked the frogs, the chihuahua, the horse, and a ton of other animals... but i think we have a lot of Webkinz..

Leapster cartridge princess thing...


Leapster cartridge-- animal genius


Leapster cartridge, Diego Animal Rescue


Leapster Cartrige Math Missions (thank u Gabbie!)


Leapster cartridge Cars


Leapster cartridge Nemo



AND the Leapster L-MAX set... this is a biggie, so I will probably end up getting this, but the cartridges go with it, so you can see what it is... hard to keep up with all these things!!


Breyer horses (girl after my own heart)


These Schleich animals.. she was very specific about THESE animals she put up here...um... penguin, swan, little deer, lions, cheetah,horse (she couldn't decide black or white so put both) and ELEPHANTS! hey, look at that, she didn't forget about them.



Biggest Littlest Pet Shop play set...



Littlest pet shop tiny animal... she likes little tiny animals...


E-Pet Rescue Pet (I think a knockoff from Webkinz) and look, it's a dalmation. shocker, I know.



Rescue Pet... not sure....


Dalmation stuffed dog--Cuddle Zone



Fur-Real Cheetah/Jaguar (I don't know my big cats, obviously)


Stuffed Cheetah/Jaguar or Dalmation!

Happy Spring!

With March come the amazing cherry blossoms. Every March our little tree will bloom for ONE WEEK. I've started taking a picture of my girls in front of the blossoms every year. Now we can never move. It's funny, Millie actually looks smaller in this year's pic. I wonder because P has been growing like a crazy person? Her hair certainly has....Please click each picture for a larger version.

Last year (2007):


This year (2008):

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